Books with author Michelle Bates

What do you do when you’re trapped in your mind? When you can’t escape the feelings of depression and fear?A Way Out gives a raw, unfiltered look into the life and thoughts of a young woman, Michelle, experiencing severe depression and social anxiety. Social anxiety plagued her since her early youth, hindering her most as a young adult. She began having suicidal thoughts in her early teens but didn’t perceive them as being abnormal. This eventually evolved into a deep depression. Her social anxiety and depression fueled each other, creating a grave cycle of negative thoughts. Michelle is able to share her experiences in a way that allows others to go along for the ride with her: the highs, the lows, and the amusingly unexpected. It artfully conveys Michelle’s journey through mental illness and toward mental health. Beyond the haunting honesty, A Way Out delivers heart, humour, and hope.

This is a new edition of the exciting adventure stories set in Sandy Lane Stables, perfect for pony lovers. Synopsis - 'I can't! I'm not riding again!' However often Charlie repeats the words, his friends won't believe him. After all he has a place at racing school starting in a couple of months. OK, so he had an accident and fell off his horse. Who hasn't? He wasn't even hurt. As the weeks go by, his friends begin to realize it's going to take something quite exceptional to get him riding again. How will Charlie ever regain his confidence and get back in the saddle? This is just one title in the perfect pony tales, adored by horse-lovers everywhere.